Summary: Bourgeois couple Hélène and Paul witness Malika, a young prostitute, being attacked by thugs and Paul immediately speeds off. Remorseful, Hélène tracks down Malika in the hospital. As she nurses Malika back to health, Malika tells Hélène a shocking story of how she was turned into a sex slave by a vicious criminal organization. Hélène and Malika join forces to double-cross her pimps and gets...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CHASummary: A mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the witness protection program after snitching on the mob. Despite Agent Stansfield's best efforts to keep them in line, Fred Blake and his family can't help resorting to old habits by handling their problems the 'family' way. Chaos ensues as their former Mafia cronies try to track them down, and scores are settled in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FAMFranco, James
Summary: After losing several people and places close to him, a man turns to living in the mountains as his life descends into a disturbing and primitive existence of a cave dweller.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA Inc 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CHISummary: Marianne is the wife of a famous diamond jeweler. When he suddenly commits suicide, she learns that the business is in shambles and she is drawn back into the jewel dealing world. Forced to sell a cache of stolen gems her husband hid in their home, she finds herself confronted by plenty of would-be suitors, including the Russian mafia and the De Beers diamond cartel.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Lorber Films 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PLASummary: A small-time hood kills a police officer and tries to leave France, but his American girlfriend betrays him to the police, leading to a deadly conclusion.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BRESummary: Valentina is the kidnapped daughter of a Ukranian government official. Frank Martin is given an offer he cannot refuse and ends up putting on his driving gloves to deliver Valentina from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to deal with the thugs who want to intercept Valentina's safe delivery. On top of that, he cannot let his personal feelings get in the way of his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FIC TRASummary: Thirteen years after her father was slain and the only evidence left at the crime scene was a pamphlet for a secret shrouded religious order known as 'The Ministers, ' a New York City homicide detective sets out to discover the truth behind her father's gruesome death, but unwittingly becomes involved with one of his killers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Maya Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOwen, Clive
Summary: Two brothers in 1970s Brooklyn on opposite sides of the law face off as one is released from prison and gradually slips back into his criminal ways.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BLOSummary: A wealthy industrialist is found murdered in his home while his family gathers for the holiday season. The house is isolated and the phone lines have been found to be cut. Eight women are his potential murderers. Each is a suspect and each has a motive. Only one is guilty.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN EIGSummary: Follow a gangster with a talent for violence and intimidation, on the run and looking for a place to hide. He ends up hiding out with a reclusive rock superstar. It all leads up to a shocking final performance for the rock star.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: DVD AVANT-GARDE PERSummary: A smalltime, aging Mafia hood falls in love with a clam bar waitress, and they share the spoils of the big score against the backdrop of a changing Atlantic City.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Video 2002
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY ATLSummary: An ex-con and a police officer decide to get married and start a family. To their dismay, they discover that they can neither have nor adopt children. Desperate, they resort to kidnapping one of the newborn quintuplets of the wealthy Arizona family. However, their attempt at living a normal life is complicated by neurotic co-workers, two fugitives, and a mysterious bounty hunter.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 1999
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY RAI1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF RAI
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RAISummary: Selma, a factory worker in rural America and single mother, is losing her eyesight from a hereditary disease. Determined to protect her 10-year-old son from the same fate, Selma is saving her money to get him an operation. In the evenings, Selma escapes by rehearsing for a production of The sound of music with her best friend. When a neighbor betrays her trust, Selma's life spirals out of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Video 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DANSummary: Michael 'Mick' Haller is a slick, charismatic Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car. Having spent most of his career defending petty, gutter-variety criminals, Mick unexpectedly lands the case of a lifetime. However, what initially appears to be a straightforward case with a big money payoff swiftly develops into a deadly match between two...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVDCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LIN RATED RCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER LINSummary: Osbourne Cox is a CIA analyst who quits his job after being demoted. He decides to write a memoir about his life in the CIA. His wife, Katie, wants a divorce and, based on the advice of her divorce lawyer, she downloads many of his personal and financial files onto a disc. Katie's lover is Treasury agent Harry Pfarrer. The disc eventually finds its way to Hardbodies, a workout gym. An employee...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BURCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BURSummary: A midwestern policewoman investigates a series of brutal and interconnected crimes. Steadily, she tightens the net on the killers and their accomplices in a kidnapping scheme gone wildly wrong.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY FARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FargoSummary: Crime/comedy thriller featuring Nick Charles, private eye, and his wife Nora. The plot unfolds at Christmas when an eccentric inventor disappears after threatening his mistress with a lawsuit for embezzlement.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY THISummary: In a Paris prison cell, five inmates use every ounce of their tenacity and ingenuity in an elaborate attempt to tunnel to freedom. Four of the inmates have been together for awhile in their cell, when Gaspard, the fifth inmate, is added to the cell. The original four inmates must decide if they want to take him into their confidence or not and whether to continue tunneling or not.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Home Vision Entertainment 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Sensitive and shy artist Patience Philips is a woman who can't seem to stop apologizing for her own existence. She works as a graphic designer for Hedare Beauty, a mammouth cosmetics company on the verge of releasing a revolutionary anti-aging product. When Patience inadvertently happens upon a dark secret her employer is hiding, she finds herself in the middle of a corporate conspiracy. What...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CATSummary: In a sleepy Northern California town in the 1940s, Ed Crane, a humble barber, suspeacts that his wife Doris is having an affair with her boss. When a stranger comes into town hinting that there is a fortune to be made in investing in the new invention of dry cleaning, Ed hatches a blackmail scheme he hopes will make him rich and get him some revenge at the same time. His plan goes horribly awry...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: USA Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY MANSummary: Sensitive and shy artist Patience Philips is a woman who can't seem to stop apologizing for her own existence. She works as a graphic designer for Hedare Beauty, a mammoth cosmetics company on the verge of releasing a revolutionary anti-aging product. When Patience inadvertently happens upon a dark secret her employer is hiding, she finds herself in the middle of a corporate conspiracy. What...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CATCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Catwoman 2005Summary: Antoine has just been transferred from Normandy to Paris. He is happy, but his wife prefers the country. Antoine loves her dearly, but he loves his job just as much. His co-workers include Inspector Vaudieu, veteran cop Mallet, and Muslim cop Solo. For the most part, they get along pretty well. This is especially so for Antoine and Vaudieu, who develops maternal feelings towards the rookie....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Entertainment 2007